[KSP181]

I bought him a new pole and reel for his B-day. I took him to a farm pond of a friend of mine. We caught about 30 fish in 2 hours. It was a blast. I think he is hooked. By the end of the day he was taking his own fish off the hook. Here is one pic of his nice hybrid bluegill. It doesn't get any better than this.

[mikeyt]

I did the same thing with both of my boys (now 13 & 16) when they were about 8-9 yrs old and now they are both hooked on fishing. When we go up to our cottage one or both of them go out fishing for a couple of hours each night by themselves. Whether they catch anything or not doesnt seem to matter much....

[Z 202]

Wow, what a co-incidence. I just took my kids (11 and 8) out fishing for the first time today. Actually we fished Lake Huron from a dock. Waves were so big even the commercial fishing boats were moored. We caught a couple of yellow perch, a bunch of gobi's and we had a smallmouth bass jump off the line. My daughter looked like a real pro, cutting worms, baiting her hook, she had a little trouble removing hooks from her catches, but she gets an A+ for effort!